PLASTIC-QA: Photo illustration depicts a woman about to have plastic surgery. With Features story PLASTIC-QA. George Brooks, The Tennessean. 39p x 7'. Color. JPEG image.

Written by

Kim Painter | USA Today

The United States remains the plastic surgery capital of the world when it comes to sheer numbers of lifts, tucks and implants, an international survey shows. Brazil is not far behind, according to the latest analysis from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

But rates by population actually are higher in South Korea, Greece and Italy, where more than 10 procedures were performed for every 1,000 people in 2011, according to a breakdown of the data by the Economist.